schonen
to spare
- Past (Präteritum)
- schonte
- Past participle
- geschont (haben)
A regular weak verb. Often used in the context of sparing resources or sparing someone's feelings/health through gentle treatment or caution. Note that it is not related to 'schön'. It is fully transitive in almost all common uses, requiring an accusative object to be spared or treated with care. It is distinct from 'schänden' (to violate/desecrate).
Conjugation
Present
- schon
- colloquial, first-person, form-of, present, singular
- schont
- present, singular, third-person
- schone
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- schonen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- schonst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- schonte
- past
- schonten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- schontest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- schontet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- schone
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- schonen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- schonest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- schonet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- schonte
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- schonten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- schontest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- schontet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe geschont
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben geschont
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest geschont
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet geschont
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte geschont
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten geschont
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest geschont
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet geschont
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde schonen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden schonen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest schonen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet schonen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde schonen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden schonen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest schonen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet schonen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde geschont haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden geschont haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest geschont haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet geschont haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde geschont haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden geschont haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
Imperative
- schon
- form-of, imperative, singular
- schone
- imperative, second-person, singular
- schont
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- geschont
- participle, past
- schonend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- schonen
- infinitive
Other
- habe geschont
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben geschont
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast geschont
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt geschont
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat geschont
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte geschont
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten geschont
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest geschont
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet geschont
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- schonen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde schonen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden schonen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst schonen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet schonen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird schonen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- geschont haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde geschont haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden geschont haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst geschont haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet geschont haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird geschont haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- Schonen
- form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong